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Mission Statement

Athenian aims to cultivate a creative, inclusive space for marginalized voices, to provide tools and resources for women and femme-identified writers, and to transform the world of publishing by disrupting oppressive constructs of femininity, sexuality, and race.

The Athenian Lounge will provide equipment, technology, resources, and comfort to femme and women writers. This private writers collective will house our creative workshops, professional development seminars, and career counseling sessions. Your sponsorship will allow us to (1) develop and maintain the Lounge and (2) host a variety of events lead by successful publishing professionals, who will share their knowledge with the next generation of writers, editors, etc.

Workshops

Athenian will provide writing workshops
for adult femme and women writers. We
will offer workshops in all categories, such
as poetry, screenwriting, journalism, fiction,
creative nonfiction, genre-based fiction, short
stories, and more. Your sponsorship will
help us provide scholarships for those unable
to afford workshops tickets.

Leadership Series

We are dedicated to bringing diverse speakers,
performers, and artists to the Athenian Stage,
a feature of our Lounge. Your sponsorship
will help us celebrate voices of other cultures
and identities by funding their visit to our
community and allowing them to connect
with our patrons.

Education Outreach

Athenian will visit both private and public
schools to inspire children to use language
as a way to express themselves and develop
a creative conscious. School visits include a
writing activity and take-home prompts that
relate to the lesson. Your sponsorship will
provide the funding to visit classrooms in
underprivileged areas of the Southeast.

Community Outreach

Our team will work with other nonprofit
organizations to provide writing retreat
opportunities for those in need, such as
domestic violence victims or incarcerated
women and femmes. Our outreach
activities encourage self-expression, for both
professional development and personal
growth. Your sponsorship will allow us to
provide quality creative counseling at no cost
to these special patrons.

Publishing & Press

We vow to publish books and collections by
authors whose works desperately need to
be told—mainly, those living in diaspora,
targeted for their race/gender/sexual
orientation, or deemed as having a “strange”
or “undeveloped” world. Our publications
will celebrate womanhood and femmehood in
all of its different forms. Your sponsorship
will assist with production and equipment
costs to create these works of art.

Risks and challenges

We've worked hard to establish a thorough business plan. If you would like more details, please contact Lori Wilson at director@athenianpw.org.

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Pledge $300 or more
About $300

Book Club Paperback

Join the Athenian Book Club for one year! Each month, we'll send you a specially chosen title that inspires our mission. All kinds of genres-- novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc. Plus a customized reading guide form our team.

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Pledge $400 or more
About $400

Book Club Hardcover

Join the Athenian Book Club for one year! Each month, we'll send you a specially chosen title that inspires our mission. All kinds of genres-- novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc. Plus a customized reading guide form our team.